17. Learn how to Quilt Zigzag Spiral – #382

It’s high time we learn a new design! I’m wanting to fill in the orange rays to make these areas of the quilt make more sense and read as solid orange in the background.

Looking at the different textures already playing over the surface, I’ve decided to play with some simple Independent Designs created by mixing simple base designs like Zippling, Sharp Stippling, and Loopy Line with spirals. This first one is called Zigzag Spiral:

It’s a pretty simple mix of zigzaggy lines and curving spirals, and despite the fact that these two shapes are nearly opposites of one another, this worked out really well!

Now let’s learn how to stitch it:

Difficulty Level – Beginner.

Design Family – Independent

Now I have 6 orange sections on my quilt to fill and logically I could easily fill all of them with Zigzag Spiral, but that would get a bit boring wouldn’t it? Instead I’ve decided to stitch a different design into each space with one challenge – all the designs need to read (i.e have the same thread intensity) the same from a distance.

So definitely swing by later this week when we learn another design along this same theme stitched out within Express Your Love!

Let’s go quilt,

Leah Day